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148
HONGKONG.
9-monthly periods only-1922, 1923, 1924 and 1930.
German imports have increased from £51,000 in 1922 to £203,000 in 1930. Germany's chief competition against us is in light-weight serges, imperials, and to some extent in cloths of the melton type.
French imports have increased from £6,000 in 1922 to £57,000 in 1930. Her gains are in light-weight serges, that is, from nil in 1924 to 115,000 yards in 1930, and more striking, in suitings and tweeds of which she sent to Hongkong in nine months of 1930, $655,759. In this latter year she secured more business than Britain, who had $536,409.
·
Italy has increased from nil in 1922 to £111,000 in nine months of 1930. Her chief lines are meltons in which in 1930 she secured over two-thirds of the trade, and in heavy woollens and overcoatings in which in 1930 she obtained about seven-eighths of the trade.
Japan's trade is still small. £11,372 in 1930 mostly in wool and cotton unions, which account for nearly half of her trade with Hongkorg.
TABLE XVII.
Imports into China (excluding Hongkong) of seven most important classes of woollen and worsted goods. (In £1,000.)
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TABLE XVIII.
Imports into China excluding Hongkong of some less important classes of woollen and worsted goods. (In £1,000.)
1
1926.
1929.
Great Total. Britain
Great Britain Per
Great
Great Total. Britain
Britain
Per
Total.
Total.
Cent.
Cont.
Alpacas, Lustres, Orleans,
346
331
95.7
113
102
90-2
Sicilians and Floren-
tines.
Blankets and Rugs (Wool
144
27
18.9
134
24
17.9
and cotton).
Union
Shirting and
17
16
94.1
16
14
88-0
Viyella.
Blankets and Rugs
41
15
36.6
34
10
29.4
1926.
1929.
(Woollen).
Vicunas, Beavers, Mel-
20
5
25-0
11
4
36.4
tons, Broadcloth and
Total.
Great Britain Total.
Great Britain Per Cent.
Total
Great Britain Total.
Great Britain Per Cent.
Superfine Medium and Habit cloth.
Total
568
394
69.4
308
154
50.0
212
128
60.3
125
50
40.0
Cloth made of re-manu- factured wool and cot- ton, such as Meltons, Printed Meltons, Vi- ennas, Printed Viennas, Union and Poncho Cloth, Beavers, Striped Beavers, Army cloths, Leather cloth and Presidents.
Wool and cotton coatings,
The remaining smaller items, camlets, bunting, long ells, etc., are ignored.
TABLE XIX.
Imports into China excluding Hongkong.
Total
Great Britain Total
Great Britain
per cent.
Alpacas, etc., cloths of re-manufactured wool, wool and cotton unions, flannel, Vicunas Beavers and Meltons.
915
625
68.2
679
375
55.2
linings, suitings, and wool and cotton unions -not otherwise recorded. Serges, twills, imperials
1,159
556
48.0
1,155
325
28.1
and gabardines.
Tweeds, homespuns and
281
197
70.2
179
50 27.9
overcoatings.
Worsted suitings
300
192 64.0
288
136
47.2
1913
Wool and woollen goods
305
171
55-9
232
79
34.1
1926
--not otherwise re-
1929
corded.
Total
3,172
1,869
Venetians
903
58.9
776 85-8
2.658 1,015 38.2
53.1
502
94.5
1913
1926
Grand Total
4,075
2,645 64.9
3,189 1,517
47.6
1929
1,000 yards.
5,936
10,936
3,627
4,628
77.9
8,295
74.9
2,399
66.1
Serges, Imperials, Twills, and gabardines.
1,000 yards.
not available
4,773
5,212
1,932
40-7
1,200
23-0
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